Story: Rural recreation

The perfect woman

The perfect woman

Rural skills competitions are not just a male endeavour. Here Debbie Scurr of Cardrona shows how to skin a rabbit in the 2007 Perfect Woman competition, which tests women’s farming skills. Scurr was the eventual winner of the contest, held at Wānaka.

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Otago Daily Times
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Jock Phillips, 'Rural recreation - Work as play – rural competitions', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/17699/the-perfect-woman (accessed 7 May 2024)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 24 Nov 2008